Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects. After being educated at Harvard College, he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts, where he preached for the rest of his life. He has been referred to as the "first American Evangelical".

12 February 1663

Born on the same birth day (12 February): Andrei Sidorenkov • Christine Elise • Dom DiMaggio • Judd Winick • Kujō Yoritsune • Norbert Provencher • Ray Kurzweil

Born in the same month (February 1663): February 25 • Ignacia del Espíritu Santo